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About Washington County news. (Forest Grove, Washington County, Or.) 1903-1911 | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1905)
CKLY’S WOODS By h. W. TAYLOR ------- IP C H A P T E R X I X . — (Continued.) “ W hat in it, Mr. Dikes? Not a million o f dollars bill upon any o f this laud?” Dizzy cries, in great amazement, and with a jumping o f something in her throat. “ Hush! Shot up! I.emmy lissun!” But Mr. Biler turns away and looks at the crestfallen gentlemen who represent the 8. & N. W ., and who are now upon their feet, and W'alking out of the door. “ Huntley, I suppose you’d a run that coal-ground up to two millions rather than lose it! Joy o f your bargain! Hope you won’t lose more than a million on that purchase. There are other good coal lands besides the VVickly plat.” Then there is such n roar of shouts and cries in which “ Lizzy W lckly, Lizzy Wick- ly,” and “ Huntley, Huntley, H untley!" ore the uaudihle words. “ G it up un show yourseff at the win der, L iz! (fit up! Git up!” and the greatly excited young Doc seizes her by the arm, and ruisea her to her feet, whereupon, loud as was the clamor of voices before, it is nothing to the mighty sputter of yells that rise like the whir ring wings o f a vast covey of birds pierc ing and rending the very air above them. When this has gone down there are cries o f “ Huntley! Huntley! Huntley!” that grow in volume and importunity, till they are no longer to be resisted. Then Coon- rod Redden steps to the carriage, throws back the top, and taking Mr. Mason by the hand, raises him up. “ Feller farmbers!” shouts the mighty- voiced Coonrod Redden, “ h-yur’s the man nt’s saved your lan’ fur your famblies! This is Mr. W . Mason Huntley. You’ ve seed him before, uu knowed ’lm, un talk ed to ’im, un h-yurn him tnlk, un------” But the very climax of prolonged and sound-exhausting cheering drowns every attempt to say an audible word. Mr. Mnson Huntley stands with his hnt off, and smiling. The roar of cheering and yelling rises and swells, and sinks and rises— but does not cease. Suddenly it gets a great impetus, as the carriage with Coonrod Redden and Mr. W. Mason Huntley standing on the back seat, is raised straight up into the air, and with scores o f these big, long-limbed, brawny, excitable, enthusiastic, hero-worshiping Hoosiers, under it and holding It high above their heads, is changed into a tri umphal cnr, that, leaving the trembling horses securely tied to the fence, proceeds all around the square, had up and down every road that leads into Samltown, and finally down the Overcoat roaii to Coon rod Redden’s, followed, flanked and pre ceded Ity n great broad tide of men, boys and women, horses, wagons and dogs, and all conspiring and combining to make the most deafening vocal clamor that ever shook the wild-hemp and jinison leaves along the unfenced sides of the Overcoat road. “ W ell, by gum! e f that haint one way nh hosstin up a feller,” said the young Doc, drawing a long breath. “ Come awn, Lizzy! I ’ll teck yuh home, I reck on. Then I ’ ll light out fur Coonrod’s. T h e y ’ll be some big speakun un han’ shaknn down thar, thurreckly! T h ey’ll wawnt you thnr, too! One million th’ee hunnerd un eighty-four thousnn’ dollars fur the W ickly W oods! By gum! you’re the richest young womeru in Iudyauuy. A t ’s a shore theng!” CHAPTER XX. Another night, in which Lizzy W ickly Is in a tumult, n brain-whirl of excite ment that shuts out of her mind any of all the thoughts and feelings of her or dinary everyday life. That wenltli is not even the least of the elements o f happiness she demon strated effectually in her own self-con templation. The tirst flash of excitement had been that feeling, perhaps, which in the gambler makes him tremble with un utterable eagerness over a heavy stake, which, when lie has won, is e f no further value In his eyes than is given It bv its power to reproduce that same state of expectation. This she recognized as that Inherent love of peril, that disposition to brave dangers, that in some degree and In some form exists In every hiininn or ganization. The feeling of gratification had been ns transient as the flitting mo ment in which the event had been in abeyance. She had nt once settled buck Into the groove of her ordinary thought. For now she fully recognized the fact that it never had been Huntley, the in visible professor of geology: Huntley, the iii i ii i o f straw; Huntley, the principal and employer, that she had loved. She did not doubt now that had n real Huntley appeared- -such a real Huntley ns Mr. M a son Huntley had imposed upon her— she would linve decided between them nt once, upon their simultaneous presenta tion before her. And that decision, she now knew, would, nt any moment of all the time In which she had known the genuine Huntley, have been against any other man in all the world. Early in the evening she had dressed herself In one o f those prettiest of all pretty summer dresses— a white Swiss muslin— with an unlimited number of rutiles and tucks in the skirt, and with little knots of blue ribbon here and there, and a hunch of the purplish, sweet-smell ing wild flowers pinned upon her shape ly left shoulder. She had gone backward and forward before the little mirror, in the middle o f the room, with her face turned first over this shoulder and then over that, to see If the skirts hung ex actly right, and to see how well she real ly looked in the glass, ns even the liest and most sensible girls in the world will do, in spite of all the jeering and sarcas tic remarks about them for their vanity and self-love. She had taken out o f its velvet receptacle n strand of little pearl snd gidd beads, that looked very becom ing against the linen collar here, and over the looped knot o f narrow blue rib bon there, at opposite sides o f her shape ly throat, whose winter-whiteness had taken on a little o f that rich, warm tint that our intermontane valley climate so plentifully bestows upon all sojourner«, ami which In unhealthy people we call “ sallow,” while in the more robust it goes by tha unobjectionable title of “ ruddy.” Then, with her new, bright “ patent leather" alippera, showing a very little band o f white stocking about her shape ly ankles, when she aat down and crossed the very neat little left foot over the right, she was as pretty a picture as ever a little mirror exhibited In auy little plain middle-room In all Christendom— the white pond lily o f Iteelfoot Prairie, as could be proved by every admiring Hnosier from the mouth of Big Rattle snake Creek on the north, to the very rush-ta ogled limit of Iteelfoot Pond on the south. 8ho was in her gayest and most teasing mood, too. She couldn’t help it. She would think of her father, and his mis fortune, for n moment, aDd feel that it was perfectly shocking iu her to be so demonstratively, boisterously merry as she waa. But she couldn't help It. 8he could not repress her buoyant animal spirits. She flew about the house from room to room, with her stiff-starched un derskirts rustling like the fluttering w ings o f the wild pigeons now feeding their young up in the dark thickets of VVickly’« Woods. She sang little bits o f song in the sweetest voice that ever led a class o f young Hoosier hoodlums in a public school. She picked up her guitar off the haircloth sofa, and slipping its sling ribbon over her left shoulder, went about the rooms playing pretty and mel low old rondeaux in a way that she had never played them before. She made short little flights out to the front gate o f the narrow little hollyhock- cd and morning-gloryed yard, and back again. She stopped at least twenty times iu her delightful little fluttering« here and there about the house to klsa her mother on the cheek, or to pat her on the shoulder reassuringly and lovingly, out of the very enthusiasm of her mood. In fact, she did hundreds and hundreds of foolish little things that she was perfect ly aware a mature young woman school teacher shouldn’t permit herself to do. But she couldn't help it. And, what's more, she didn't try. In any one of the little, rustling, white- dove flights to the front gate she could hear the sounds of shouting, clapping hands and multitudinous laughter of a delighted audience. Aud she could al most see and hear Mr. Huntley in the merry humor of his new character that he had shown of late, exchanging humor ous repartee with his audience ns is now, and always has been, the custom and the delight of the Hoosier audience and the Hoosier orator. Perhaps, after sup per was over, she would walk with her mother down to Coonrod Redden’s. She would be heartily welcome. She needed no Invitation. For such is the broad and simple hospitality of the native Hoosier people to-day, that to “ be acquainted” constitutes n perpetual and unlimited in vitation to come when you please and be sure of a hearty welcome. But after the supper was over Lizzy could not fully make up her mind to start. H e had not been long enough in Hooaierdom to thoroughly understand that informal freedom of manner which sanctioned the unpremeditated gathering of neighbors nt each other's houses at nny and all seasonable times. True, she remembered that he had very readily conformed himself to the prevail ing customs in Samltown society. But he had always exhibited much more of reserve, even to the point of diffidence, than was quite agreeable. “ A leetle mite bnckurd. A leetle mite hackurd,” Coonrod Redden had said of him at first. "B u t I don’t thenk the feller means any harm by ut. H e haint yusen to nr ways yit. l i e ’ s been raised whnr people linint gut niithun to do but git acquainted. I ’ n they kin teck ns much time to ut as they wawnt to. Un they glnnrlly teck a plenty, I low. W e haint gut time fur no sich foolishness ns that out h-yur en Iudyunny. Feller comes h-yur we wawnt to know right away whurrer he's fittun fur a neighbor nr nut. E f he haint, we waw nt to hoss 'nil ut>, nr git 'Im out, jist quick’s we kin. by gum!” She knew that Mr. \V. Mason Huntley had ostensibly subscribed to this doctrine which Coonrod Redden had not failed to enunciate on all fitting occasions. But had that subscribing been more than n piece of amiability on his part? She had thought that in the case of a man having only the humble and subordinate place of ‘ assistant,” it was not at nil to be ex pected that he would not readily fall into the ways o f the Samltown people as eas ily ns he had fallen into the sandy wind ings of the Overcoat road. So she hesitated about starting. In the secret hope that he would make that un necessnry by coming to her “ soon,” as he had snid. But if he did not come within on hour, she would go. She felt that she must see him. She could not content her self with the thought of remaining away until after twilight. She would go down in the twilight nt the very furthest. So when the young Doc Dikes came over presently, to get Mrs. VVickly to come and stay half no hour with his aunt nnd her sick little boy, she felt that it would be a way o f occupying the inter val of time. And so she went along, taking care to look back once in every twenty yards to see if he were coming. Then there were presently so tunny o f the Samltown women dropping in at Mrs. Dikes’ to see how little Jimmy was, and to ask Lizzy VVickly about her great fortune aud take note o f how she looked and talked, and whether she hail begun to be stuck up, and proud nnd exclusive, as rich people very foolishly do. And perhnps with the thought o f making it very prominent that she had not begun to be a bit stuck up, and perhaps be cause she still felt the very unusual ex hilaration o f her naturally buoyant spirits strong upon her, Lizzy did her best to convince her neighbor«, the former Arguses of Samltown, that she was autfi- cieutly sensible and well-groomed in the simple democratic doctrines nnd prac tices of Samltown not to be made giddy, eveu when suddenly elevated to the great height o f an inconceivable fortune like the one which VVickly'« W ood« had brought her. ! starting upon their enforced visit to the sick. Some oue fam iliar with the house was there. And who so fam iliar us the man she hud been waiting aud watching j for, all this evening? Instinctively she drew back a little, and permitted her mother to precede her, so that she would have time to hide her ' real feeling, so far as not to appear ridic ulously sentimental in the presence of | others. When they should be alone sho could pour out the wealth o f her heart to him. She was rich now! Aud no selfish motive could be imputed to her in so suddenly making up her mind that, in spite of what she had said to him on that stormy night in the edge of the woods, near the Overcoat road, she now knew that she loved no imaginary man, no image of straw, but the veritable Mason Huntley, nnd she was ready, willing aud even anxious to make this confession. I t was a confession due to him. It was a confession without which she must remain an enigma to him. I t was oue she would make that very evening, and just so soou as they were fairly alone together. Even in that brief Bpaee o f time in which she had seen the light iu the mid dle room, and had slackened her quick, springy, school-day walk, timing her ateps to reach the front door when her mother should get so far as the middle door, she had thought over what recompense of maidenly caress was due him. She remembered how ha had held her to his heart In the center o f that dread ful cyclone, and the dangers nnd destruc tion that encompassed them. She thought of that too brief nnd vivid tingling part ing near the clump of shadowy, long, arching black raspberry vines. She could lepay him, clasp for clasp, kiss for kiss! She would not remain his debtor in any token o f love. And her red lips parted and her brown eyes sparkled in the gleam o f the lamp as she put her dainty slip pered foot lightly across the threshold, thinking only of him and for him. She was certain that she saw him sit ting there, beyond the little stand-table on which the lamp was blazing. So oc cupied was she with the certainty of meeting him that not until Congressman Billy Biler arose to meet her and she heard a cry o f surprise and delight from her mother's lips could she see that Billy Biler was standing there smiling very pleasantly, while beyond him were her •nether and her father locked in each other’s arms. “ There’s nuthun like good luck, Miss VVickly, to bring people out o f sickness, and fetch um round ginerally. H -yur’s yur father, now— as soon ns he gut to hear that you were a millionaire he found himself completely cured, nnd started home at once. H e knew it before you did, too. H e's sharpened up a bit by his short stay at the hospital, you see. But while they’re talkun to thurselves. Miss Lizzy, I want to try to persuade you to intercede for me with Ole Coon Redden. The ole man’s terribly out with me, 'bout this railroad sale business. I'm not to blame. I took a fee from the San'town un Northwestern folks, nv course. I didn’t do it as a Congressman, nur as a citizen of San’town. I done ut ns a law yer. U v course, they’s lots a things that, as a lawyer, you can do that you wouldn’t wawnt to do as a Congressman, nur us a citizen, nur as the friend uv the adverse party. Now, h-yur, fur instance, Coonrod Redden, he telegraphs fur me to come home un see tnat all these h-yur San'town supporters uv mine has thnr rights in this mortgage business. W ell, I had nlrendy taken n fee from the S. & N. W . folks, as I snid. But I done that ns a lawyer, yunnerstand. Un I tole Redden I ’d see that the railroad didn't steal nuthun from any uv yuh. Un they didn’ t. Did they? but lie’s on his high hoss. Un he says J shnnt have the dele gation from this county. Un I ’ ve gut to have ut." (To be continued.) HE RECOGNIZED TALENT. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Anecdotes call forth anecdotes. A little story told herein not long ago, about a country postolfice official's in terest in his clients' correspondence, m oved n wom an who is the mother ot n daughter nt college to relate her experience w ith a village postman. It was the daughter’s freshman year, and she w rote home daily and graph ically o f her new experiences. But she was extrem ely busy, and could spare tim e fo r a home letter only on Sunday. This she supple mented by a regular m id-week postal en rtl. One day the mother, seeing the p st- man coining, ran down to m eet hint, nnd stood leaning on the gate as he nppronched. H e saw her there, hut instead o f hastening his pare he slack ened It a little, obviously to afford h im self tim e to com plete the reading o f the m issive he had In hand, chuck ling as he came. The sight stirred Mrs. B row n’s anger. T h at he should presume to read what l ’ olly w rote! T h a t be should do It b efo re her v e ry eyes, nnd b efo re she could, nnd make her w a it his leisure! It w as outrageous, nnd she had a shnrp rebuke all ready for him. But It was never delivered. H e broke Into a beam ing sm ile as he reached the gate, handed o v e r the postal card, and declared In hearty ton e« b efore she had a chance to «pen k : “ T h a t'« the funniest postal I ever read! I never thought there wag much sense In girls going to college— kind o' wanting four years o f life, I been used to ra ilin g It— but I don’t know ! I don't know ! M aybe It ain't sensible fo r ord’ nary girls, but a girl that ran double a man up Inughlng w ith h a lf a dozen words ain ’t ord’u- ary. No. m a’am. 1 guess yon was righ t to g iv e her extry opportunities. Y on ’ ve got « gifted daughter. M is’ B row n— a g ifted daughter, and I con gratulate yon. m a'am !” H e departed, «t ill broadly beaming; and Mrs. B rown had not the heart to chill such appreciative friendliness. C n A P T E R X X I. It wan quite dark when I.lszy Anally She m erely warned the "g ifte d daugh reached home, after getting up to start te r” that her humor waa likely to be half a dozen times, and being stopped as enjoyed by m ore than the fa m ily otr> often by a fresh incursion o f congratu cle.— Youth's Companion. lating Arguses. In Raxony there Is an industrial There was a light In the middle room that they certainly had not Ut before school for «v a ry 14,041 Inhabitant*. sold as mapla syrup and sugar la a spurious article. Most o f tha fabrica tions ara entirely harmless, but they are not the real thing. Those fortu- nute enough to have eaten the genuine article w ill alw ays demand It, and con ditions should be such that they may get it, i f they are w illin g to pay tha price.— Am erican Cultivator. A N e w V a r ie t y o f Potato. I n s e c t « F a t a l to Corn. A s m illions o f dollars are lost an nually through insects Injurious to corn, a better knowledge o f the sub je c t seeuis almost Imperative. It would pay to devote careful study to the habits o f corn lusects, aud to those who wish to do so it Is suggested that they w rite to the State A gricul tural C ollege o f Illinois at Urbana for a free copy o f Bulletin No. 95, which contains a full deacrlptlon o f all the insect« In question and many valuable suggestions. In discussing the effects o f insects and the general remedies that may be applied, the bulletin says: “ W ith fe w exceptions, the effects of Injury to corn by insects where they do not amount to a total distinction o f the plant may be compared to the effects o f simple starvation. Anything which lessens the store o f food laid up in the corn kernel for use in germ i nation and early growth, or damages seriously the roots or the leaves, or draw s aw ay the sap before it has served Its purpose in the plant, prac tically amounts to the diminution of the available food supply. An Im poverished soil, very dry weather, the capping o f cells and vessels o f the plant by sucking Insects, or destruc tion o f any considerable part o f Its roots have consequences which muy be classed as starvation effects. “ In v ie w o f these facts. It follow s that any m anagement which helps to maintain and strengthen the plant by furnishing It better or more abundant food w ill lessen or perhaps wholly prevent losses from Insect injury, which must otherw ise be serious or complete. A strong, rich soil, well cultivated, w atered and drained, may grow a good crop notwithstanding an amount o f Infestation by chinch bugs, root lice, root worm s and white grubs which would be fatal on poor land. "T h e good corn farm er may thus es cape with a profitable yield under In sect attacks which w ill leave his less intelligent or less careful brother in debt a fte r his crop is harvested. This is not m erely because the vigorous plant w ill easily support nn amount o f Injury under which the unthrifty T h e claims made for the Early Northern potato are beauty and uni form ity in form, size and great pro ductiveness, and in the tests made during the last tw o years In all sec tions o f the country the claims seem to have been borne out. T h e quality Is unusually good fo r an early sort, the tubers thus fa r have been free from scab and have matured nenrer o f a size than any other sort we have tested. In the m atter o f productive ness the new sort Is first-class. The w riter had ten pounds o f seed fo r test ing purposes, and on an average po tato ground had a yield o f 325 pounds. Just when peace had been restored In Colorado, B reathitt County, K e n tucky, has to loom up to disturb the national serenity.— C hicago News. Professor Woodhead, o f Cambridge, says alcohol Is a paralyzing agent. This statem ent can he continued. I t has "p aralyzed ” millions.— N ew York Herald. I t w ill be like some fool Congress man to object to reim bursing G eneral P orter fo r the money he lias spent liuntlng fo r Paul Jones’ body.— Syra cuse H erald. “ Women are far less graceful than men,” says Dr. Arnold, o f N ew Haven. It takes a man chock full o f dry scien tific data to say such a thing at that.— Kansas C ity Journal. H enry James' dislike for President Roosevelt's literary style is perhaps a mild emotion compared w ith the Presi dent's feelin g about the style o f Mr. James.— Chicago News. I t Is stated that John W . Gate.s has earned not less than h a lf a m illion In Jnly wheat, and y et some people won der why their loaf o f bread Is so small. — Philadelphia Record. EARLY NORTHERN POTATO. It is believed that there is a proper and necessary lim it to the patience of the United States, even as regards the putty-blowing President o f Venezu ela.— Syracuse Post-Standard. and all salable in size. From our tests we consider the variety one that has come to stay and one which w ill especially appeal to market gardeners. The Illustration, much reduced, shows the form o f the tubers.— Indianapolis News. Belasco is m aking the Theatrical Trust comprehend the state o f public thought. A t the conclusion o f the case there may be an opportunity to re v iv e “ A H ole in the Ground.” — St. Lou is Republic. potash to the ton. I f another fe rtilize r contains 12 per cent, or 240 pounds to the ton, the lat ter is cheai>er than the first by exact ly the number o f cents It costs less than double the first. Reducing it to pounds, i f one costs 5 cents a pound and the other 9, the last Is the cheap est, i f you get it at the rate a pound fo r the bulk. I f you want potash, and pay $20 for a ton o f fertilizer contain ing 120 pounds o f potash, it is cheaper to pay $38 for a ton o f fertilizer con taining 240 pounds o f potash. T h e same plan o f figuring works through all the fertilizer bought, so that It is easy to see that a fertilizer cheap in price is not alw ays cheap when results are figured out. The mere m atter o f bulk has nothing to do with the case. It might as w ell be sawdust i f It does not contain the elements you want and at fa ir prices. W h ile there is an Instinctive feelin g of repulsion at securing evidence against the B eef Trust by means o f detectives or spies, the fau lt lies w ith the packers themselves, w ho conspire in secret against tho law s.— Kansas City Times. I t Is only a question o f tim e when more o f Dr. D ow ie's disciples w ill pre C o m m e r c ia l F e r t i l i z e r s . fer a plain financial statem ent to any T h ere is probably more quibbling additional inspired revelations from over fertilizer prices than anything the founder o f Zion Illinois.— Butte else that a farm er buys. Unquestion Inter Mountain. ably the cheapest w ay o f buying fe r One o f the first things the Japanese tilizers is to buy the several materials conquerors did in Manchuria was to and do the m ixing on the barn floor, apply vigorous sanitary measures, a but assuming this lg not done, then thing which in itself marks the Japa one should make it a point to see that nese nation as among the highly c iv il they buy the fertilizer which w ill give ized peoples.— Seattle Tim es. them the greatest amount o f the plant Mr. Baer says there is no sentim ent food they want In the smallest bulk, which means, o f course, at the lowest In the coal business. W hen one con price. F o r example. I f a ton o f the siders the number o f persons who fro ze fertilizer, according to the analysis, to death last winter in the big cities contains 0 per cent o f potash (or any for lack o f means to buy dear fuel, other plant food may be figured on the one can w ell believe that.— Rochester same basis), this means 120 pounds of Herald. T h e president o f the Canal Commis sion, with a $30,000 salary, is also pres ident o f a railroad, and says he w ill not g ive up that position. I f he can fill both places satisfactorily lie must be an extraordinary man.— M ontgom ery Advertiser. I t Is pointed out that an alliance o f Japan, Great Britain nnd the United States could rule the world. Perhaps it could, but it would first have to get the consent o f Joseph Cham berlain nnd the United States Senate.— Philadel phia Inquirer. Just how well our financial Institu tions are safeguarded is shown by the Statement that the th eft o f $1,500,000 Stock Beets Compared, T H E COKX WORM. from the F irst National Bank o f M il T h e yields o f thirty-three o f the L ig h t and dark individuals, papa, moth principal German, English and French waukee by Frank G. B igelow was dis nnd egg, with Injured ear o f cora.. varieties o f fodder beets are reported covered by the merest accident.— N ew one w ill suffer or succumb. It is an by a German experimenter, nnd the York Telegram . established fact that m any insects experim ents briefly described. The Those Kansas C ity get-rleh-quiek op them selves w ill not thrive as well or cylindrical shaped varieties yielded the erators who closed up their shop and m ultiply as rapidly on a vigorous, largest quantities o f beets, the small left a “ Good-by, suckers” sign on the quickly grow in g plant as on one in est quantities o f leaves, and stood door must have had great confidence feeb le condition. lowest in sugar content, while the v a In their good start nnd sprinting abili "M o re special measures are a proper rieties approxim ating the shape o f the ties, in nddltlon to their naivete.— In rotution o f crops, such that corn w ill not he exposed to Insects which hnve sugar beet gave the lowest yield o f dianapolis News. The Czar thinks it would injure the bred on the same ground the preced beets, a very high yield o f leaves, and The prestige o f the Russian arms i f he ing year, either in other crops or In ranked first In sugar content. the com Itself; tim ely plow in g to tankard varieties stood close to the made peace; but w e can assure him outside of Russia forestall the breeding o f Inserts by cylindrical-shaped sorts In yield and that everybody destroying them or their food; tim ely composition, and the globe varieties knows what has happened to the Rus planting with reference to the period produced very large yields o f leaves, sian arms in Manchuria.— Memphis o f the greatest abundance or greatest and a medium quantity o f beets, with Com m ercial-A ppea 1. a c tivity o f certain species; and the use a sugar content ranging from satisfac The legal battle between the M ar o f harriers against the movement o f tory to high. The color o f the beet coni and I)e Forrest w ireless teleg certain destructive species into the showed no connection with Its richness raphy Interests Is said to have resulted com from fields adjacent, combined in sugar.— N ew England Homestead. In a victory fo r both sides. This as w ith Insecticide measures against tonishing outcome ought to g ive Rus C u U I tik th e F lo c k . hordes o f destructive insects, which T h e usual custom w ith good sheep sia fresh hope that she may, a fte r all, If le ft to them selves w ill work great farm ers Is to go carefully over their be wk%>ped into peace w ith honor.— and im m ediate harm ." flocks each year, and reject and send M ilwaukee Wisconsin. to the butcher all the aged ewes, year Simultaneously w itli the Impending B u t t e r W a s h e d in S k im M i l k . Instead o f using w ater for washing ling ewes, ewe lambs and rams that Indictments o f the B eef Tru st mag butter, an English dairyman, F. J. are not o f the desired quality, or have nates they raise the price o f meat w ith Lloyd, used separator skim milk which not proven valuable as breeders. This out any other excuse than an apparent had been tw ice pasteurized. Salted culling process should be carefully desire to make the public pay the cost o f their defense on a crim inal trial. and unsHlted samples prepared In this carried o u t The Increase o f meat prices Just at manner contained, respectively, 11.35 P o u l t r y P i c k in g s . this Juncture seems to be adding insult and 11.14 per cent o f water, the fo r N ever g ive sulphur to poultry on a to Injury.— Paterson Call. m er containing only one-fifth as many rainy day. bacteria. Mr. L loyd considers that No one can blam e Japan fo r shying Put chicks on a eraezed wheat diet the results are sufficiently Interesting a little when other nations offer their when three weeks old. to w arrant his calling the attention o f "frien d ly offices.” Japan's m em ory is D isinfect the poultry house an., runs butterm akers who have a poor w ater long enough to recall that It Is due to w ith a 5 per cent solution o f carbolic supply to this simple method o f o v e r the frien dly offices o f certain powers com ing the difficulty, and states that acid, and repeat this disinfection at that she had to expend the millions o f the experim ents are being repeated at least once a week In case o f roup. money and thousands o f lives that It K eep the poultry houses clean, have the British D airy Institute.— Massa cost to take P ort Arthu r the second chusetts Uloughman. ample ventilation, but freedom from time.— P ittsbu rg Dispatch. drafts o f air, and arrange the house A Philadelphia trolley car crashed so thas the «un w ill shine Into It a por L e u M aple Made, Hut M ore Hold. Into a bakery wagon and sent a load M aple trees now furnish but a small tion o f the day. o f pies through the air. W hat w ith per cent o f the commercial maple Cut clover Is an Indispensable arti germs In the drinking w ater and pies syrup and sugar. W h ile the demand cle o f diet. A ll kinds o f vegetables fo r both these commodities has con fill a place In the hen's dieting, but in the air, Philadelphia must be an stantly Increased, the output from they can hardly he said to be a substi UDhealtbful place. Indeed.— Buffalo E x press. m aple trees hat decreased during the tute fo r cut clover. A Colorado clergym an says tha last tw enty years. The trade has been I f some birds have been to a show supplied only by radically adulterat o f If new birds have been purchased world has but tw o more years to e x ing the pure goods, or by m anufactur fo r the flock, quarantine tuem at a dis ist. H e Is probably goin g on the the ing a product entirely from foreign tance from the home flock for thirty ory that the w orld cannot stand an election, which Is materials. It la conservatively esti (lays before they are allowed to go to other Colorado scheduled tw o years hence.— Washing- • m ated that seven eighths o f what la gether. ton Post.